Dan Burton: “Mr. Speaker, you can tell an awful lot about people by their children. And I regret that I never had the chance to meet…”

“Mr. Speaker, you can tell an awful lot about people by their children. And I regret that I never had the chance to meet Lee Hamilton's mom and dad, because they sure raised a wonderful son. I know his brother is a minister. I have never had the pleasure of meeting him, but I understand he is a wonderful guy as well. Let me just say that in the time that I have worked with Lee Hamilton on the Committee on International Relations, I have not known a nicer fellow than Lee Hamilton. Obviously, we have strong differences of opinion on issues, but Lee handles those strong differences in a way that even though you strongly differ with him, you still like him. That is very difficult in a body such as this. Sometimes our tempers get awfully hot and we explode and we say things that we do not mean, and we even say things about our colleagues that we should not say. But Lee Hamilton has never made that mistake. I have watched him year after year on this floor and in the committee, and he handles those issues with diplomacy and understanding and tact. And he has just been an exemplary Member of this body and an exemplary member of the Committee on International Relations.”